Holiday Shopping

Have you ever seen the aftermath of a hurricane? I haven’t personally, but I am pretty sure the mall I went to Monday night would be a good example! December 22nd, with two days left to shop it was mayhem in the mall. First of all, good luck getting a parking spot! I am certain the only reason I was able to find a spot was because I didn’t want one. I really did not want to spend the evening in the melee of Christmas shoppers, but Aggie had some shopping to do… Once inside we hit up the first major store we could find. I think Aggie ended taking pictures to document the aftermath! The line was about 20 people long and the store looked like all 20 had gone on a shopping spree. Clothes falling of shelves, all mixed up in different sections, stuff on the floor, and nothing where it was supposed to be. Oh let the fun of shopping begin… Of course we couldn’t find what Aggie needed in that store, so we walked down to a department store. While passing the mess of kids waiting to get their pictures taken with Santa, Aggie proclaimed his hatred of all santas, kids, and the idiot parents who waited to the last minute to have little Johnny sitting on the pedophile’s lap. The department store wasn’t much better, nor were the other five stores we had to stop in. Walking down the strip, I half expected to have children calling out “chicle, chicle” while their siblings are trying to pick-pocket the crowd! (This is the down side of living so close to a second-world country) Eventually Aggie found some options for his sister, but only after assuring him repeatedly that he was making a good choice (I hope I was right!). Thankfully, this was all followed by a couple hours of me kicking Aggie’s butt in MarioKart! Even Christmas shopping can have a happy ending…besides Christmas, I mean!